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News from the Spradlins in South AmericaOctober 2012 / Vol. 4 No. 10

CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIESCONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES

Name of congregation: Avenida Sacramento Iglesia de CristoAddress: Avenida Sacramento 650, c/ Espaa - Asuncin, ParaguayYear established: September 2004Current number of members: 46 Family Units (81 Baptized)

Worship and Bible class attendance:

Sun am 38 (7th); 57 (14th); 35 (21st); 57 (28th) Sun pm 18 (7th); 23 (14th); 36 (21st); 27 (28th) Sunday Bible study average 38 Midweek study average 21 / Other - 23

Recent congregational developments and activities:

The Special Committee for the Bible School hasbeen working really hard on the many aspects oforganization. They have developed a strong Biblecurriculum, worked out a flow-chart for the personneland staffing, and are continuing to develop theinternal rules and regulations.

OurAnnual Mens Retreat was held on October 13at the home of Vicente Martinez. We use thisopportunity to review and measure where we are in

the goals that we have previously made and to set new goals for the next year. It was a great day withmany positive and exciting developments. It is thrilling to see the congregation taking on moreresponsibility and growing in the process. Please pray that the church will continue to grow and developthrough the locals efforts!

Recent conversions / identifications / restorations:

Baptized! - Fabiola Gimenez. She is the sister ofSilvina Gimenez that was baptized just a short whileago. She and her husband, Rodrigo, have beenattending the couples Bible study group and have hadseveral questions about baptism. She decided to put onChrist in baptism through her studies and we rejoice

with the angels in her decision! Baptized! - Jazmin Gimenez. She is the youngest of

the three Gimenez sisters. She followed in the footstepsof Silvina and Fabiola, except she identified more withthe youth group and became involved with them.Through various studies she, too, arrived at the decisionthat she needed to obey that form of doctrine (Roman6:17) and be baptized. Now all three sisters arerejoicing in their salvation. This is especially apparent inthe smile Jazmin produced when she rose into newnessof life! (pictured above, right)

Fabiola Gimenez after her baptism, pictured here

with her husband Rodrigo and their two sons

Maximillian and Santiago.

Jazmin Gimenez rejoicing in her salvation immediatly

after being immersed in the blood of the Lamb!

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Special Activities: Annual Team Evaluation Workshop. We invitedGail and Jerry Heiderich from Itu, Brazil, to come onceagain and provide counseling for the team, as well as,guidance for yet another major transition that the team isfacing. The Hardins will be finishing their time with theteam in December and we are about to begin a Bibleschool, both of which will have an effect on thecongregation. The remaining team members want to

make the transition as smooth as possible and use it asan opportunity to help the church grow. We also setseveral new goals to work toward as a team. It looks like2013 is going to be an exciting year!

Contacts / Bible Studies Two new English Campaign Contacts! Two moreinterested students have come our way with Andrea andAdriana. They are both very interested in the Bible, sowe pray the English study will develop into an opportunityto focus mainly on the Bible.

The remainder of our English studies continue togo well and we are advancing toward more seriousBible studies, as well. Please keep Blanca, Daniel,Sergia, Antonio, and Graciela in your prayers thatthey may be touched by the word of God.

Evangelistic efforts: A young man named Martn has been attending

services regularly and wants to grow strongerspiritually. He struggles with several addictions and

just wants to make sense of his life. We pray forhim and will continue to offer spiritual guidance.

Steps toward mission goals:

The new mid-week Bible study group in emby isgoing very well! The weekly attendance has beenstrong and we have had some great studies. Wepray this will continue to develop toward a natural church plant in emby, that the church in Asuncin canwork towards and facilitate. Most of the leaders and the members have this vision already, so it seems tobe only a matter of when instead of if.

Plans for near future: We have a guest coming downfrom the USA! Karen Bennet, who is

a member at one of our supportingcongregations, Central Avenue inValdosta, GA, is coming down towork with us for a several days! We have two students coming toParaguay from ITL of Guatemala toserve as interns, as well as,teaching and preaching. We lookforward to their visit! Our Team Retreat and PlanningSession is coming up next month!

The Annual Mens Retreat and Planning Session was held at the home of

Vicente Martinez with 12 brethren in attendance.

Jerry and Gail Heiderich (on left) with the

Paraguay Mission Team at our anual team workshop

Our missionary ladies, Andrea, Alba, Brittnea, and Cara

at the CCC 2012 Retreat in Brazil

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIESPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES

Personal HIGHLIGHT(s) of the Month: Two more precious souls added to the church, a team workshop, Ladies Retreat/Renewal and the Annual Mens Retreat all lent to a wonderful and busy month of October! Wfeel so blessed to be able to participate in such a wonderful work!

Personal study:

I am currently reading / have read: Difficult Conversations and How to

Discuss What Matters Most by

Douglas Stone and Bruce Patton. David Crockett: His Life and

Adventures by John S. Abbott - justfor leisure. The old language used inthe book is rather fascinating!

Culture and language study: Andrea has enrolled in Berlitz Language

School for Spanish classes. She loves it!We are praying this will accelerate herskills in speaking Spanish.

Visitation: We had a nice dinner one evening with Aldo Britez and

our new sister in Christ, Catherine Pascottini in orderto get to know them a little better.

We had Guillermo and Mirian Sanchez and RuthyPacu over for lunch one Sunday just to get to know ournew brethren better. They are a precious family!

We had a nice lunch with our sister, Raquel Franco.She is considering attending the Bible school!

Prisilla Santandar is now regularly attending a Biblestudy group and bringing her family with her to worship.We are continuing to visit her and try to help her spiritual

development. Dinner with our neighbors, the Mezas. He is a retired

Army Major and she currently manages a little sandwichstand near one of the universities. They have always beenreally kind to us and we enjoyed getting to know them better.

Family activities: Andrea attended Continent Care Connection2012 which is a missionary retreat and renewalconference held in Brazil. She enjoyed getting toknow other South American missionaries and soakein the opportunity to spend some time at the beach!

We are thankful forGreat Cities who provides thisvaluable service to missionaries. We voted! After learning what to do for overseesvoting procedures, we cast our ballots via the USEmbassy. But, we didnt get one of those little IVoted stickers! :-( We enjoyed a nice 17th Wedding Anniversarydinner at La Misin Hotel. We have some fun family plans for Novemberand are looking forward to the opportunities!

Paraguayan engineering: Scaffolding? Sure! We got that!

Andrea (middle in white) at the 2012 CCC Womens MissionaryConference in Brazil

Some of our youth cutting up with some Karaoke.

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Our Mission Team Goals for 2012:

Evangelism: Each member of the team has developed and committed to some personal evangelism goals.Collectively, we are praying that we will generate more than 120 new contacts and conduct more than 750Bible studies. These studies will include both evangelistic and member studies.We also plan to use publicadvertising, special events, and seminars to generate contacts. We also pray that we will continuallyencourage and develop a more evangelistic spirit within the congregation.

Edification: The team is working to develop leadership within the congregation through the mentoringprocess, special workshops, and by utilizing studies that focus on servant leadership. We are alsodeveloping ideas and working on logistics for the possibility of having a specialized Bible school inAsuncion, Paraguay.

Edifice: (Building Construction): We pray that we will complete construction of phase 1 of the building thisyear. All paperwork has been acquired and we are requesting estimates to begin construction.

Visit us at our websites:

PARAGUAYMISSION.COM thespradlins.blogspot.com

iglesiadecristo.com.py conocerlapalabra.com

PARAGUAY MISSIOPARAGUAY MISSIOAsuncion, ParaguayAsuncion, Paraguay South AmericaSouth America

Troy and Andrea SpradlinTroy and Andrea SpradlinCasilla de Correo 13092Casilla de Correo 13092

Shopping del SolShopping del SolAsuncion, ParaguayAsuncion, Paraguay(595) 0981(595) 0981--630630--886886

We are seeking to "equip the saints for the work of service toWe are seeking to "equip the saints for the work of service to

thethebuilding up of the body of Christ." (Ephesians 4:12)building up of the body of Christ." (Ephesians 4:12)

OUR SUPPORTERS

Margaret Street church of Christ (Sponsoring Congregation)6745 Margaret Street, Milton, FL 32570

Central Avenue church of Christ Valdosta, GADripping Springs church of Christ Dripping Springs, TXPalm Beach Lakes church of Christ West Palm Beach, FLPoolville church of Christ Poolville, TX

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